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4 2021 | Spectrum | Volume 14 Number 4
4 2020 | Spectrum | Volume 14 Number 4
Language Supremacy

GAUTHAM P PILLAI most popular language and it on basis of their vocabulary or
is commonly used in public accent. It goes without saying
In our country, English is spaces. But it doesn’t justify the that linguistic chauvinism isn’t
the most admired language. A pedestal many people place it something we should be aiming
person who can speak English on. There are beautiful stories at. The need of the hour is to
is considered to be educated. behind the formation of all the find a neutral point where we
There is a misconception amongst languages and we as humans encourage every language and
our people that English defines cannot learn all the languages, not discriminate against people
class. Here is where our minds but we can establish a common based on the same. A simpler
should change. understanding and respect for term would be linguistic equality. SRM team wins Flipkart
We tend to ignore our native these languages by providing The lesser the discrimination GRiD 2.0Robotics Challenge
languages and worship English appropriate held and guidance. We the more we will have space
don’t look down upon someone for harmony amongst us.
and we often criticise and look
down upon people who don’t STAFF WRITTER solution, and Feasibility &
do the same. The same is not Challenges if actual prototyping
the case when it comes to Four students from SRM is done.
regional languages. Evidently, Institute of Science and
our regional languages are Technology, Kattankulathur We provided feasible solutions
taken for granted. No one have brought honour to to many specific problems. A lot
is ever forced to learn these their Institution by winning a of new innovations were done
languages which may lead to national level robotics challenge. in order to completely solve the
their eventual extinction. There Team Robotronics consisting problem statement. We provided
are differences between the of Adrash, Ajit, Rishabh, and a generalized solution which
language and these differences Shashwat (Final year B.Tech was compatible with most of
are alluring, but discrimination students from the Departments the work environments.”
based on these differences is of Electronics & Communication The team was guided by
wrong. English is indeed the There are 22 officially recognized languages in India and MechanicalEngineering) Dr. Rajesh Agarwal, Assistant
emerged winners among the Professor, Department of
500 teams that participated Electronics and Communication
The Hopeless Fallacy of Freedom in the national Flipkart GRiD Engineering, SRMIST.
2.0 Robotics Challenge held in
The team was awarded an
January 2021. Their problem Electronic Gift Voucher (EGV)
statement was Autonomous Stair
DIKSHA AVIRAL of Rs.1,50,000 for emerging
Climbing Robot. “We thought as national winners. They also
“If you want a picture of the it would be very beneficial were awarded EGV of Rs.1500
future, imagine a boot stamping for the real-time scenario if for clearing the first round and
on a human face—forever.” prototyped and we had to do it getting into the top 50 teams
within a budget of Rs.50,000,” and Flipkart Goodies.
This is the future George said the team. A total of nine
Orwell imagines for us in his teams got selected for the grand The top nine teams,
novel “1984”. Jarring, isn’t it? finale out of 120 teams. The selected to the finale, were
Few books catch you off guard key structure to their final from some of India’s most
the way “1984” does. It’s a presentation included - High- prestigious institutions and
simple enough story, told and level solution walkthrough, they showcased their solutions
retold for ages. A man against Hardware choices (what & for problem statements on
an oppressive government, a why), Software Choices (what Autonomous Stair Climber,
man against the world, but what & why), Simulation and Demo, Autonomous Indoor Drone,
makes 1984 stand out from the “Big Brother is watching you” Differentiation factor in the and Intelligent Picking.
myriad of dystopian fiction is
quite simply, its feasibility. human connection in a world
Orwell’s “Oceania” is not made devoid of all individual Fake circular on SRM circulated;
a post-apocalyptic wasteland; thought and feeling. But the police complaint lodged
it is merely our world today book reaches its climax on a
absent of freedom of thought haunting note, as Winston is
and human instinct. Orwell broken down to his very core,
shows us how easily democracy broken down enough to love STAFF WRITTER bring your kind attention that
can fall, how easily individual the government he was once there is a couple of fake and
freedom can be taken away if rebelling against. SRM Institute of Science inappropriate circulars being sent
we let the wrong people be in This abrupt and frightening and Technology (SRMIST), under the name and designation
charge. It shows us that both ending, more than anything Kattankulathur clarifies that the of SRMIST’s administration/
freedom and slavery start from makes “1984” the masterpiece it fake circular doing the rounds Registrar. These circulars contain
the bottom-up. is. Orwell first explores human on WhatsApp asking all girl false information and spoil the
The protagonist “Winston resilience in the face of disparity, students to have at least one image of our Institute. Henceforth,
Smith” is a middle-aged man, tells us of love and trust in a boyfriend is fake. The note any person – student attempting
which was circulated on social to send such unauthorized letters
whose rebellion against the bleak and dehumanizing societal media platform was brought will be dealt with firmly and
“Party” starts with nothing structure and then shows us the to the notice of the Institute’s expelled from the Institution.”
more than a pen and a diary. true face of unflinching cruelty authorities and the administration
Over the course of the book, and hopelessness. There is truly clarified it as a fake. However, to ascertain the
he has a lot of small but hugely no dystopian fiction quite equal “The best books... are those source of the message, SRMIST
significant victories, in the to the genius and sheer impel that tell you what you know A message from the SRMIST’s has filed a complaint with the
form of consciousness and of “1984”. already.” Registrar office read, “This is to Cyber Crime police.